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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Because you made a random, unnecessary comment, which incidentally made no sense and included the rather arbitrary belief that the default assumption should be that a person can only know about one thing at a time.
(Yes, I have called it Windoze, all the time. It is. There are professional Windows IT guys who say the same thing, so I ask again -- what does that have to do with the price of tea in China? 
In this case, I am simply irritated that I have someone telling me I must have no idea what I am talking about, when I am talking about Windows (in that particular instance, I was merely observing that MS had not, in fact, moved to a subscription model for Windows -- that is all I said)...
because I am a linux guy.
I have made jokes about the superiority of linux, yes. But I don't generally demand that people convert (I have suggested it as an option, say, when people want to know why they cannot run the latest versions of calibre on WinXP).
I like to think I am reasonably relaxed on the issue of other people using Windows. I have helped people lots of times get their Windows computers running the way they need it.
I also could not possibly care less about the "capitalism tainted-ness" of Windows or any MS product. I would be happy to use it myself, if I found it as easy to use as linux.
That would be why I don't tend toward proselytizing, either -- to me, it is all about the usability.
Exactly.
Richard Stallman & Co. are the ones you should be complaining about -- most linux users are not like that. |
I am pretty sure I did not say or imply that you knew nothing about Windows. I did state or imply that you preferred Linux. This is not a direct correlation that I can see. Again I think you are being too sensitive or perhaps arguing for the sake of arguing. Probably not the case, but seems possible.
I do not believe I was attacking you on a personal, professional or other competency level in any system. Just stating that is was my belief you preferred Linux. Mea culpa for even assuming such a thing. Totally untrue assumption I made probably.
Helen